Okay... first I will just let you know... in case you didn't before... I wrecked my car the other night. I don't know for sure if it's totaled or not...
My question for tonights blog is this... Where does the line fall between self sacrifice and your spiritual well being? One thing my father has ALWAYS beat into my head is self sacrifice and "it's not about me mentality" Which overall I think is a good one. however is there a point where that self sacrifice becomes harmful spiritually? For example if a person inspires people to worship, but they get to a point that by being on the worship team that they don't feel as though they are worshiping. Do they self sacrifice or do they say spiritually this is not good for me so i am going to step down. It's hard for me because my father's mentality has always been its not about me... and for a person like me who never knows how to stop and can be some what obsessive I go over the top... I beat myself up for feeling bad or questioning my self and not knowing whether or not to sacrifice. I guess I just don't know where that line falls... would God really want me to sacrifice parts of my relationship with him just to inspire others?
That is a good question. i think in the example you used (worship team), that if God is pulling one away from serving in one area, He will let one know. Also, if He is pulling one away from serving in one area, it's possible that He's opening the door for one to serve in another area.
ReplyDeletethe part where self sacrifice is essential in the example used above, is when ONE doesn't WANT to go to worship practice, b/c there are other things to do...(movie, shopping, friends, or something equally self-serving).
when one finds oneself serving oneself more than serving God, that's when self sacrifice and the "it's not about me" mentality should be prevalent.
does that help? :-)